Information Processing in Cells and Tissues 97

PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPERS - IPCAT '97
SECOND INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON
INFORMATION PROCESSING IN CELLS AND TISSUES
IPCAT '97
SHEFFIELD, UK, September 1 - 4, 1997
PURPOSE OF IPCAT WORKSHOPS
The purpose of the IPCAT workshop series is to bring together
multidisciplinary groups of scientists working in the general area
of modelling cells and tissues.
A central theme will be the nature of biological information and
the ways it is processed in cells and tissues. The workshop
is intended to provide a forum to report
research, discuss emerging topics and gain new insights into information
processing systems, enzyme and gene networks, second messenger systems and
signal transduction, automata models, PDP models, cellular automata models,
molecular computing, single neuron computation, information
processing in developmental systems, information processing in neural
and non neural systems and new insights into non linear aspects of
physiological behaviour.
A key motivation is to provide a common ground for dialogue and reporting
research without emphasising one particular research constituency or way of
modelling or singular issue in this area. IPCAT '97 will seek to
further the meaningful dialogue and exchangeof ideas started at IPCAT '95
between biologists, physicists, computer scientists and mathematicians.
SUBMISSION DETAILS
Papers should be 1.5 spaced in 12 point Times font. Maximum
length of papers should be 12 pages. [Note: shorter contributions
are also welcome]. 4 copies of papers should be submitted to:
Ray Paton
Department of Computer Science
The University of Liverpool
Liverpool L69 3BX
UK
Video and computer demonstrations are also welcome.
PLEASE NOTE: The papers for the external proceedings will change
according to publisher's style.
IMPORTANT DATES
Submission deadline ............................ February 15th 1997
Notification of acceptance ..................... April 20th 1997
Camera ready copies (internal proceedings) ..... May 20th 1997
Conference dates ............................... September 1st-4th 1997
Camera ready copies (published proceedings) .... October 5th 1997
WORKING LANGUAGE
The working language of the Conference will be English which will be
used for all printed material, presentations and discussion.
INFORMATION ON IPCAT
For further details about please see the IPCAT HomePage
http://www.csc.liv.ac.uk/users/biocomp/iphome.htm
or email
tissues at csc.liv.ac.uk
Please let us know your interest in the workshop by emailing
Ray Paton at: tissues at csc.liv.ac.uk
PUBLISHER (under negotiation)
Plenum
CONFERENCE VENUE
The meeting will take place in Halifax Hall (University of Sheffield).
This is a former steel baron's mansion which has been extensively
refurbished to provide high grade accommodation. It is located
in Broomhill a leafy suburb of Sheffield about 10 minutes walk from
the main University campus and 20 minutes from the city centre.
INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMME COMMITTEE FOR IPCAT '97
Guenter Albrecht-Buehler (Cell Biology) - Northwestern University, Chicago
Dennis Bray (Zoology) - University of Cambridge
David Brown (Neurobiology) - Babraham Institute, Cambridge
Robin Callard (Immunology) - University of London, London
Chris Cannings (Statistics) - University of Sheffield
Teresa Chay (Biological Sciences) - University of Pittsburgh
Michael Conrad (Computer Science) - Wayne State University, Detroit
John Easterby (Biochemistry) - University of Liverpool
Bard Ermentrout (Mathematics) - University of Pittsburgh
Leon Glass (Biological Sciences) - McGill University
Albert Goldbeter (Nonlinear Systems) - University Libre, Brussels
Uwe an der Heiden (Mathematics) - University of Witten/Herdecke
Mike Holcombe (Computer Science) - University of Sheffield
Felix Hong (Physiology) - Wayne State University, Detroit
Tsuguchika Kaminuma (Biosciences) - NIHS, Tokyo
George Kampis (Philosophy of Science) - Budapest
Douglas Kell (Biochemistry) - University of Wales, Aberystwyth
Rolf Koetter (Neurobiology) - University of Dusseldorf
Gareth Leng (Physiology) - University of Edinburgh
Philip Maini (Mathematics) - University of Oxford
Pedro Marijuan (Electronics/BioInformatics) - University of Zaragoza
Koichiro Matsuno (BioEngineering) - University of Nagaoka
Hiroshi Okamoto (Cell Biology) - Fuji Xerox, Kanagawa
Ray Paton (Computer Science) - University of Liverpool
Peter Schuster (Molecular Biotechnology) - University of Jena
Gordon Shepherd (Neurobiology) - Yale University
Richard Stark (Mathematics) - University of South Florida, Tampa
Rene Thomas (Molecular Biology) - University Libre, Brussels
Chris Tofts (Computer Science) - University of Leeds
Rickey Welch (Biochemistry) - University of Maryland
Hans Westerhoff (Mathematical Biochemistry) - Free University, Amsterdam
Gershom Zajicek (Medicine) - Hebrew University of Jerusalem